§ 8-35. Definitions.

In addition to the definitions set forth in section 8-2, when used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Discharge: To dispose, deposit, spill, pour, inject, dump, leak or place by any means; and any substance which is disposed, deposited, spilled, poured, injected, dumped, leaked or placed by any means.

Illicit discharge: Any discharge to the storm sewer system that is not composed entirely of stormwater, except:

(i)

Discharges pursuant to a VPDES or state permit (other than the state permit for discharges from the municipal separate storm sewer),

(ii)

Discharges resulting from firefighting activities and

(iii)

Discharges listed in section 8-36(b) unless such discharges are identified by the state or county as sources of pollutants of waters of the United States pursuant to section 8-36(c).

Industrial waste: Wastes resulting from any process of industry, manufacture, trade or business, or from the development of any natural resource.

Municipal separate storm sewer or MS4: means a conveyance or system of conveyances otherwise known as a municipal separate storm sewer system, including roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, manmade channels, or storm drains:

1.

Owned or operated by a federal, state, city, town, county, district, association, or other public body, created by or pursuant to state law, having jurisdiction or delegated authority for erosion and sediment control and stormwater management, or a designated and approved management agency under § 208 of the Clean Water Act that discharges to surface waters;

2.

Designed or used for collecting or conveying stormwater

3.

That is not a combined sewer; and

4.

That is not part of a publicly owned treatment works.

National pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit: The permit issued by the federal government for imposing and enforcing pretreatment requirements pursuant to the Clean Water Act.

Other waste: Wastes that can adversely affect waters of the United States when discharged into those waters, including, but not limited to, garbage, refuse, lime, fertilizer, ashes, offal, tar, paint, solvents, petroleum products, antifreeze and chemicals.

Sanitary sewer line: An underground conduit that collects and delivers sanitary wastewater to a wastewater treatment plant.

Storm sewer system: The conveyance or system of conveyances located within the county which are designed or used for collecting, storing or conveying stormwater or through which stormwater is collected, stored or conveyed, including but not limited to roads, municipal streets, catch basins, drop inlets, curbs, gutters, ditches, pipes, lakes, ponds, man-made channels, storm drains, outfalls, retention, detention and infiltration basins and other facilities.

Surface waters: All waters that run across the surface of land, including but not limited to natural or man-made ponds, lakes, impoundments, rivers, streams (including intermittent and ephemeral streams), natural or man-made water courses and tidal and non-tidal wetlands, except that waste treatment systems, treatment ponds and lagoons designed to meet the requirements of the Federal Clean Water Act shall not be surface waters.

Virginia pollutant discharge elimination system (VPDES) permit: Permit issued by the state water control board pursuant to the state water control law authorizing, under prescribed conditions, the potential or actual discharge of pollutants from a point source to surface waters.

Waters of the United States: All waters, whether on the surface or under the ground, the use, degradation, or destruction of which would affect or could affect interstate or foreign commerce, including but not limited to intrastate lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent and ephemeral streams), mudflats, sandflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie pot-holes, wet meadows, playa lakes and natural ponds, except that waste treatment systems, treatment ponds and lagoons designed to meet the requirements of the Clean Water Act shall not be waters of the United States.

Wetlands: Land that is inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances does support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, generally including but not limited to swamps, marshes, bogs and similar areas.

(Ord. of 4-9-14(3), § 1)

(Ord. of 4-9-14(3), § 1)